YELLOWWOODS

Noun

yellowwoods

plural of yellowwood

Source: Wiktionary


YELLOWWOOD

Yel"low*wood`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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